Luận văn a study on translation of procurement terms from english into vietnamese

Hai phong private university Department of foreign languages o0o Mang l■i tr■ nghi■m m■i m■ cho ng■■i dùng, công ngh■ hi■n th■ hi■n ■■i, b■n online khơng khác so v■i b■n g■c B■n có th■ phóng to, thu nh■ tùy ý ISO 9001:2008 Graduation paper A study on translation of procurement terms from English into vietnamese By: Nguyễn Thị Hà Class: NA904 Supervisor: Phạm Thị Bích Ngọc, M.A Haiphong - june 2009 Mangh■n Luôn 123doc Th■a Xu■t Sau Nhi■u h■■ng phát thu■n l■i event cam s■ nh■n m■t tr■ t■ h■u k■t s■ thú nghi■m t■i ýxác n■m t■■ng m■t d■ng v■, s■ nh■n website mang event kho m■i ■■i, t■o t■ th■ m■ l■i c■ng ki■m ■■ng d■n 123doc CH■P vi■n nh■ng cho ■■u ■■ng ti■n h■ kh■ng ng■■i NH■N ■ã quy■n th■ng thi■t chia t■ng ki■m dùng, l■ CÁC s■ th■c s■ l■i b■■c v■i ti■n vàchuy■n ■I■U t■t công h■n mua 123doc online kh■ng nh■t 2.000.000 ngh■ bán KHO■N sang b■ng cho tài ■■nh hi■n ng■■i li■u ph■n tài TH■A tài v■ th■ li■u hàng t■o li■u thơng dùng tríhi■n THU■N hi■u c■ c■a ■■u ■ tin t■t h■i Khi ■■i, qu■ Vi■t xác c■ khách gia b■n nh■t, minh l■nh Nam t■ng Chào online hàng uy tài v■c: l■nh thu Tác m■ng tín kho■n tr■ nh■p khơng tài phong v■c cao thành b■n email nh■t tài online khác chun ■■n li■u thành tínb■n Mong cho d■ng, v■i so nghi■p, viên kinh ■ã t■t 123doc 123doc.net! v■i mu■n cơng ■■ng c■a c■ doanh b■n hồn mang ngh■ 123doc ký g■c online thành v■i h■o, Chúng l■i thơng B■n 123doc.netLink cho viên Tính ■■ n■p có tin, c■ng c■a cao th■ ■■n cung ti■n ngo■i tính website phóng ■■ng th■i vào c■p ng■, Khách trách xác tài ■i■m D■ch xã to,kho■n th■c nhi■m h■i thutháng V■ nh■ m■t s■ c■a (nh■ ■■i hàng ■■■c tùy ngu■n 5/2014; 123doc, v■i ■■■c ý cóg■i t■ng th■ tài 123doc v■ mô nguyên b■n d■ ng■■i ■■a t■ dàng s■ v■■t d■■i tri dùng ■■■c ch■ tra th■c m■c ■ây) email c■u M■c h■■ng quý 100.000 cho tài b■n tiêu báu, li■u b■n, nh■ng ■ã hàng phong m■t l■■t tùy ■■ng ■■u quy■n cách truy thu■c phú, ky, c■a c■p ■a l■i b■n vào 123doc.net m■i d■ng, sau xác, vuingày, n■p lòng “■i■u nhanh giàu ti■n s■ ■■ng tr■ giá Kho■n chóng h■u thành tr■ nh■p 2.000.000 website ■■ng Th■a th■ email vi■n th■i Thu■n c■a thành mong tài v■ li■u viên mu■n S■ online ■■ng D■ng click t■o l■n ký, D■ch ■i■u vào nh■t l■t link ki■n V■” vào Vi■t 123doc top sau cho Nam, 200 ■ây cho ■ã cung các (sau g■iwebsite c■p users ■âynh■ng ■■■c cóph■ thêm tài bi■n g■i thu li■u t■t nh■t nh■p ■■c T■it■i khơng t■ng Chính Vi■tth■i th■ Nam, v■y ■i■m, tìm t■123doc.net th■y l■chúng tìm ki■m tơi th■ racóthu■c ■■i tr■■ng th■nh■m c■p top ngo■i 3nh■t ■áp Google tr■ ■KTTSDDV ■ng 123doc.net Nh■n nhu c■u ■■■c theo chiaquy■t danh s■ tài hi■u li■udo ch■t c■ng l■■ng ■■ng vàbình ki■mch■n ti■n online website ki■m ti■n online hi■u qu■ uy tín nh■t Mangh■n Luôn 123doc Th■a Xu■t Sau Nhi■u h■■ng phát thu■n l■i event s■ cam nh■n m■t tr■ t■ h■u k■t s■ thú nghi■m t■i ýxác n■m t■■ng m■t d■ng v■, s■ nh■n website mang event kho m■i ■■i, t■o t■ th■ m■ l■i c■ng ki■m ■■ng d■n 123doc CH■P vi■n nh■ng cho ■■u ■■ng ti■n h■ kh■ng ng■■i NH■N ■ã quy■n th■ng thi■t chia t■ng ki■m dùng, l■ CÁC s■ th■c s■ l■i b■■c v■i ti■n vàchuy■n ■I■U t■t công h■n mua 123doc online kh■ng nh■t 2.000.000 ngh■ bán KHO■N sang b■ng cho tài ■■nh hi■n ng■■i li■u ph■n tài TH■A tài v■ th■ li■u hàng t■o li■u thơng dùng tríhi■n THU■N hi■u c■ c■a ■■u ■ tin t■t h■i Khi ■■i, qu■ Vi■t xác c■ khách gia b■n nh■t, minh l■nh Nam t■ng Chào online hàng uy tài v■c: l■nh thu Tác m■ng tín kho■n tr■ nh■p khơng tài phong v■c cao thành b■n email nh■t tài online khác chuyên ■■n li■u thành tínb■n Mong cho d■ng, v■i so nghi■p, viên kinh ■ã t■t 123doc 123doc.net! v■i mu■n công ■■ng c■a c■ doanh b■n hoàn mang ngh■ 123doc ký g■c online thành v■i h■o, Chúng l■i thông B■n 123doc.netLink cho viên Tính ■■ n■p có tơi tin, c■ng c■a cao th■ ■■n cung ti■n ngo■i tính website phóng ■■ng th■i vào c■p ng■, Khách trách xác tài ■i■m D■ch xã to,kho■n th■c nhi■m h■i thutháng V■ nh■ m■t s■ c■a (nh■ ■■i hàng ■■■c tùy ngu■n 5/2014; 123doc, v■i ■■■c ý cóg■i t■ng th■ tài 123doc v■ mô nguyên b■n d■ ng■■i ■■a t■ dàng s■ v■■t d■■i tri dùng ■■■c ch■ tra th■c m■c ■ây) email c■u M■c h■■ng quý 100.000 cho tài b■n tiêu báu, li■u b■n, nh■ng ■ã hàng phong m■t l■■t tùy ■■ng ■■u quy■n cách truy thu■c phú, ky, c■a c■p ■a l■i b■n vào 123doc.net m■i d■ng, sau xác, vuingày, n■p lòng “■i■u nhanh giàu ti■n s■ ■■ng tr■ giá Kho■n chóng h■u thành tr■ nh■p 2.000.000 website ■■ng Th■a th■ email vi■n th■i Thu■n c■a thành mong tài v■ li■u viên mu■n S■ online ■■ng D■ng click t■o l■n ký, D■ch ■i■u vào nh■t l■t link ki■n V■” vào Vi■t 123doc top sau cho Nam, 200 ■ây cho ■ã cung các (sau g■iwebsite c■p users ■âynh■ng ■■■c cóph■ thêm tài bi■n g■i thu li■u t■t nh■t nh■p ■■c T■it■i khơng t■ng Chính Vi■tth■i th■ Nam, v■y ■i■m, tìm t■123doc.net th■y l■chúng tìm ki■m tơi th■ racóthu■c ■■i tr■■ng th■nh■m c■p top ngo■i 3nh■t ■áp Google tr■ ■KTTSDDV ■ng 123doc.net Nh■n nhu c■u ■■■c theo chiaquy■t danh s■ tài hi■u li■udo ch■t c■ng l■■ng ■■ng vàbình ki■mch■n ti■n online website ki■m ti■n online hi■u qu■ uy tín nh■t Lnh■n 123doc Th■a Xu■t Sau h■■ng phát thu■n cam nh■n m■t t■k■t s■ t■i ýxác n■m t■■ng d■ng s■ nh■n website mang ■■i, t■o t■l■i c■ng ■■ng d■n 123doc CH■P nh■ng ■■u ■■ng h■ NH■N ■ã quy■n th■ng chia t■ng ki■m CÁC s■s■ l■i b■■c ti■n vàchuy■n ■I■U t■t mua online kh■ng nh■t bán KHO■N sang b■ng cho tài ■■nh ng■■i li■u ph■n tài TH■A v■ li■u hàng thông dùng tríTHU■N hi■u c■a ■■u tin Khi qu■ Vi■t xác khách nh■t, minh Nam Chào hàng uy tài l■nh Tác m■ng tín kho■n tr■ phong v■c cao thành b■n email nh■t tàichuyên ■■n li■u thành b■n Mong v■i nghi■p, viên kinh ■ã 123doc 123doc.net! mu■n ■■ng c■a doanh hoàn mang 123doc kýonline v■i h■o, Chúng l■ivà 123doc.netLink cho Tính ■■ n■p tơi c■ng cao ■■n cung ti■n tính ■■ng th■i vào c■p trách xác tài ■i■m D■ch xãkho■n th■c nhi■m h■itháng V■ m■t s■ c■a (nh■ ■■i ■■■c ngu■n 5/2014; 123doc, v■i ■■■c g■i t■ng tài 123doc v■ mô nguyên b■n ng■■i ■■a t■s■ v■■t d■■i tri dùng ■■■c ch■ th■c m■c ■ây) email M■c h■■ng quý 100.000 cho b■n tiêu báu, b■n, nh■ng ■ã hàng phong l■■t tùy ■■ng ■■u quy■n truy thu■c phú, ky, c■a c■p ■a l■i b■n vào 123doc.net m■i d■ng, sau vuingày, n■p lòng “■i■u giàu ti■n s■ ■■ng tr■ giá Kho■n h■u thành tr■ nh■p 2.000.000 website ■■ng Th■a th■ email vi■n th■i Thu■n c■a thành mong tài v■ li■u viên mu■n S■ online ■■ng D■ng click t■o l■n ký, D■ch ■i■u vào nh■t l■t link ki■n V■” vào Vi■t 123doc top sau cho Nam, 200 ■ây cho ■ã cung các (sau g■iwebsite c■p users ■âynh■ng ■■■c cóph■ thêm tài bi■n g■i thu li■u t■t nh■t nh■p ■■c T■it■i khơng t■ng Chính Vi■tth■i th■ Nam, v■y ■i■m, tìm t■123doc.net th■y l■chúng tìm ki■m tơi th■ racóthu■c ■■i tr■■ng th■nh■m c■p top ngo■i 3nh■t ■áp Google tr■ ■KTTSDDV ■ng 123doc.net Nh■n nhu c■u ■■■c theo chiaquy■t danh s■ tài hi■u li■udo ch■t c■ng l■■ng ■■ng vàbình ki■mch■n ti■n online website ki■m ti■n online hi■u qu■ uy tín nh■t Lnh■n Th■a Xu■t Sau Nhi■u 123doc Mang h■■ng phát thu■n l■i event cam s■ nh■n m■t tr■ t■ h■u k■t s■ thú nghi■m t■i ýxác n■m t■■ng m■t d■ng v■, s■ nh■n website mang event kho m■i ■■i, t■o t■ th■ m■ l■i c■ng ki■m ■■ng d■n 123doc CH■P vi■n nh■ng cho ■■u ■■ng ti■n h■ kh■ng ng■■i NH■N ■ã quy■n th■ng thi■t chia t■ng ki■m dùng, l■ CÁC s■ th■c s■ l■i b■■c v■i ti■n vàchuy■n ■I■U t■t công h■n mua 123doc online kh■ng nh■t 2.000.000 ngh■ bán KHO■N sang b■ng cho tài ■■nh hi■n ng■■i li■u ph■n tài TH■A tài v■ th■ li■u hàng t■o li■u thông dùng tríhi■n THU■N hi■u c■ c■a ■■u ■ tin t■t h■i Khi ■■i, qu■ Vi■t xác c■ khách gia b■n nh■t, minh l■nh Nam t■ng Chào online hàng uy tài v■c: l■nh thu Tác m■ng tín kho■n tr■ nh■p khơng tài phong v■c cao thành b■n email nh■t tài online khác chuyên ■■n li■u thành tínb■n Mong cho d■ng, v■i so nghi■p, viên kinh ■ã t■t 123doc 123doc.net! v■i mu■n công ■■ng c■a c■ doanh b■n hoàn mang ngh■ 123doc ký g■c online thành v■i h■o, Chúng l■i thông B■n 123doc.netLink cho viên Tính ■■ n■p có tơi tin, c■ng c■a cao th■ ■■n cung ti■n ngo■i tính website phóng ■■ng th■i vào c■p ng■, Khách trách xác tài ■i■m D■ch xã to,kho■n th■c nhi■m h■i thutháng V■ nh■ m■t s■ c■a (nh■ ■■i hàng ■■■c tùy ngu■n 5/2014; 123doc, v■i ■■■c ý cóg■i t■ng th■ tài 123doc v■ mơ ngun b■n d■ ng■■i ■■a t■ dàng s■ v■■t d■■i tri dùng ■■■c ch■ tra th■c m■c ■ây) email c■u M■c h■■ng quý 100.000 cho tài b■n tiêu báu, li■u b■n, nh■ng ■ã hàng phong m■t l■■t tùy ■■ng ■■u quy■n cách truy thu■c phú, ky, c■a c■p ■a l■i b■n vào 123doc.net m■i d■ng, sau xác, vuingày, n■p lòng “■i■u nhanh giàu ti■n s■ ■■ng tr■ giá Kho■n chóng h■u thành tr■ nh■p 2.000.000 website ■■ng Th■a th■ email vi■n th■i Thu■n c■a thành mong tài v■ li■u viên mu■n S■ online ■■ng D■ng click t■o l■n ký, D■ch ■i■u vào nh■t l■t link ki■n V■” vào Vi■t 123doc top sau cho Nam, 200 ■ây cho ■ã cung các (sau g■iwebsite c■p users ■âynh■ng ■■■c cóph■ thêm tài bi■n g■i thu li■u t■t nh■t nh■p ■■c T■it■i khơng t■ng Chính Vi■tth■i th■ Nam, v■y ■i■m, tìm t■123doc.net th■y l■chúng tìm ki■m tơi th■ racóthu■c ■■i tr■■ng th■nh■m c■p top ngo■i 3nh■t ■áp Google tr■ ■KTTSDDV ■ng 123doc.net Nh■n nhu c■u ■■■c theo chiaquy■t danh s■ tài hi■u li■udo ch■t c■ng l■■ng ■■ng vàbình ki■mch■n ti■n online website ki■m ti■n online hi■u qu■ uy tín nh■t u■t phát Nhi■u Mang Ln 123doc Th■a Xu■t Sau h■n h■■ng phát thu■n l■i event s■ cam nh■n t■ m■t tr■ t■ h■u ýk■t s■ thú nghi■m t■i ýt■■ng xác n■m t■■ng m■t d■ng v■, s■ nh■n website mang event t■o kho m■i ■■i, t■o t■ c■ng th■ m■ l■i c■ng ki■m ■■ng d■n 123doc CH■P vi■n nh■ng cho ■■ng ■■u ■■ng ti■n h■ kh■ng ng■■i NH■N ■ã quy■n th■ng thi■t chia ki■m t■ng ki■m dùng, l■ CÁC s■ th■c ti■n s■ l■i b■■c v■i ti■n vàchuy■n ■I■U t■t công online h■n mua 123doc online kh■ng nh■t 2.000.000 ngh■ bán KHO■N b■ng sang b■ng cho tài ■■nh hi■n tài ng■■i li■u ph■n tài TH■A li■u tài v■ th■ li■u hàng t■o li■u thơng dùng trí hi■u hi■n THU■N hi■u c■ c■a ■■u ■ tin qu■ t■t h■i Khi ■■i, qu■ Vi■t xác c■ khách gia nh■t, b■n nh■t, minh l■nh Nam t■ng Chào online uy hàng uy tài v■c: l■nh thu Tác tín m■ng tín kho■n tr■ cao nh■p khơng tài phong v■c cao thành b■n nh■t email nh■t tài online khác chuyên ■■n li■u thành tín Mong b■n Mong cho d■ng, v■i so nghi■p, viên kinh ■ã mu■n t■t 123doc 123doc.net! v■i mu■n công ■■ng c■a c■ doanh b■n mang hoàn mang ngh■ 123doc ký g■c online thành v■i l■i h■o, Chúng l■i thông B■n cho 123doc.netLink cho viên Tính ■■ n■p có c■ng tin, c■ng c■a cao th■ ■■n cung ti■n ngo■i ■■ng tính website phóng ■■ng th■i vào c■p ng■, Khách trách xác xã tài ■i■m D■ch xã to,h■i kho■n th■c nhi■m h■i thum■t tháng V■ nh■ m■t s■ c■a (nh■ ■■i hàng ngu■n ■■■c tùy ngu■n 5/2014; 123doc, v■i ■■■c ý cótài g■i t■ng th■ tài 123doc nguyên v■ mô nguyên b■n d■ ng■■i ■■a t■ dàng s■ v■■t tri d■■i tri dùng ■■■c ch■ th■c tra th■c m■c ■ây) email c■u quý M■c h■■ng quý 100.000 cho tài báu, b■n tiêu báu, li■u b■n, nh■ng phong ■ã hàng phong m■t l■■t tùy ■■ng ■■u phú, quy■n cách truy thu■c phú, ky, c■a c■p ■a ■a l■i b■n vào d■ng, 123doc.net m■i d■ng, sau xác, vuingày, n■p giàu lòng “■i■u nhanh giàu ti■n giá s■ ■■ng tr■ giá Kho■n chóng h■u tr■ thành tr■ nh■p ■■ng 2.000.000 website ■■ng Th■a th■ email th■i vi■n th■i Thu■n mong c■a thành mong tài v■ li■u mu■n viên mu■n S■ online ■■ng D■ng t■o click t■o l■n ■i■u ký, D■ch ■i■u vào nh■t l■t link ki■n ki■n V■” vào Vi■t 123doc cho top sau cho Nam, cho 200 ■ây cho ■ã cung các (sau g■i users website c■p users ■âynh■ng có ■■■c cóph■ thêm thêm tài bi■n g■i thu thu li■u t■t nh■p nh■t nh■p ■■c T■it■i Chính khơng t■ng Chính Vi■tth■i vìth■ Nam, vìv■y v■y ■i■m, tìm 123doc.net t■123doc.net th■y l■chúng tìm ki■m tơi th■ racó ■■i thu■c ■■i tr■■ng th■ nh■m nh■m c■p top ngo■i ■áp 3nh■t ■áp Google ■ng tr■ ■KTTSDDV ■ng 123doc.net nhu Nh■n nhuc■u c■u ■■■c chia theo chias■ quy■t danh s■tàitài hi■u li■u li■uch■t ch■t c■ng l■■ng l■■ng ■■ng vàvàki■m bình ki■mch■n ti■n ti■nonline online website ki■m ti■n online hi■u qu■ uy tín nh■t TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements Abbreviations Tables Page Part I: Introduction 1 Rationale of the study Aims of the study Scope of the study Methods of the study Design of the study Part II: Development Chapter 1: Theoretical background I Translation theory I.1 Definition of translation I.2 Translation equivalences I.3 Types of equivalence I.4 Translation methods I.4.1 Word-for-word translation I.4.2 Literal translation I.4.3 Faithful translation 10 I.4.4 Semantic translation 10 I.4.5 Free translation 11 I.4.6 Idiomatic translation 11 I.4.7 Communicative translation 12 II Translation of English for specific purpose (ESP) 12 II.1 Definition of ESP 13 II.2 Types of ESP 14 II.3 Definition of English Business 16 II.4 Terms of procurement 17 II.5 The characteristics of procurement terms 18 Chapter 2: Some strategies applied to translate procurement terms from English into Vietnamese 19 I The strategy applied in the translation of single terms 19 I.1 General terms 20 I.2 Terms with suffixes “or”, “er”, “ee”, “ant” 23 I.3 Terms with prefixes 25 II Strategies applied in the translation of compound terms 28 II.1 Automatic shift translation 28 II.1 Rank-shift translation 31 III Strategies applied in the translation of phrases 32 III.1 Reduction translation 32 III.2 Expansion translation 34 IV Translation of abbreviation by using a loan word 35 IV.1 Acronyms 35 IV.2 Intialisms 36 Chapter 3: Implication 40 I Some problems in translating procurement terms 40 Misunderstandings 40 The difficulties in translating some of terms 42 II Some suggestions in translating procurement terms 43 Some steps to translate procurement terms 43 Suggestion in translating abbreviations 45 Part III Conclusion 47 References Acknowledgements In the process of completing this graduation paper, I have faced up with many problems with lexicology, as well as the way to express my ideas However, with the great help, assistance and encouragement from teachers, family and friends; I have overcome these difficulties and completed this graduation paper successfully First of all, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to Mrs Pham Thi Bich Ngoc, M.A and Mrs Dang Thi Van, M.A, my supervisors who have not only given me many invaluable suggestions and comments but also provided me with valuable materials Secondly, I am deeply grateful to Mrs Nguyen Ngoc Lien, M.A – Dean of Foreign Language Faculty of Hai Phong Private University whose criticism and advices have improved my study In addition, I would like to thank other teachers of Foreign Language Department for their lessons during years that formed the basis of my study Last but not least, my sincere thanks are delivered to my parents and friends for their encouragement and assistance in this time Hai Phong, July 2009 Student Nguyen Thi Ha Abbreviations Adj Adjective EAP English for Academic Purposes EBE English for Business and Economics Eg Example EGBP English for General Business Purpose ELT English Language Teaching EOP English for Occupational Purposes ESBP English for Specific Business Purpose ESP English for Specific Purposes ESS English for Social Studies EST English for Science and Technology HPU Hai Phong private university JBIC Japan Bank for International Cooperation N Noun SL Source language ST Source text TG Target language TT Target text V Verb Tables Page Table 1: General single terms 23 Table 2: Single terms with suffixes “or”, “er”, “ee”, “ant” 25 Table 3: Single terms with prefixes “in”, “non” 26 Table 4: Single terms with prefix “pre” 27 Table 5: Single terms with prefix “post” 27 Table 6: Single terms with other prefixes 28 Table 7: Compound nouns (Adj+N) 29 Table 8: Compound nouns (N+N) 30 Table 9: Compound nouns (V+N) 30 Table 10: Compound nouns (Participle+N) 31 Table 11: Compound nouns (Adj+Participle) 31 Table 12: Compound adjectives 31 Table 13: Examples about Rank-shift translation strategy 32 Table 14: Examples about Reduction translation strategy 33 Table 15: Examples about Expansion translation strategy 34 Table 16: Acronyms 36 Table 17: Initialisms 38 PART I – INTRODUCTION Rationale of the study In the recent decays, English is more and more widely used as well as gradually proves itself in all fields in society Vietnam, in the process of integration and development, especially after joining in WTO, English is considered as the golden key make us access to the world‟s civilization Thanks to translation texts, we can quickly update technical and scientific achievements, the international laws, daily news, works of art, literatures, films and conversely, exchange information, culture and trade to other countries in the world Hence, it is affirmed that the work of translation also acts as a bridge not only to connect people all over the world but also to convey knowledge between cultures and civilizations in the world Translation is a specialist subject for students of foreign language major who begin studying from the third year with the theoretical background of translation before translating English for specific purposes However, the students certainly face difficulties in the translation process due to not only the variety of Vietnamese and English words, the differences of using specific English words but also the more and more appearance of new terms in human activities, especially terms related to Business English such as security, marketing, real estate, etc Now, there is a field also related to Business English is facing to new challenges in translation of large number new terms It is called procurement terms which until now English in this field has not been learned and taught Mean while procurement activity gradually becomes popular because our country has been attracting foreign investors and many international stature works or equipments under foreign loan or assistance of international loan We often meet these terminologies on the advertisement articles of construction, notices of procurement in article or internet, and procurement laws From the awareness of the important role of Business English in the age, and with the knowledge after four years in university, especially after graduation training period, the researcher determines to choose this field as the graduation paper to study more on translation skill in English specific purposes and to improve knowledge about procurement field Aims of the study A linguistician Larson said that: “Good theory is based on information gained from practice Good practice is based on carefully worked-out theory…” (Larson, 1991, p.1) Therefore, the aim of this study is firstly to understand thoroughly theoretical translation and practice flexibly, creatively and exactly on specific English Secondly, to enrich the knowledge as well as the vocabulary of procurement terms is also the main purpose of this study There are many terms with multilexical meaning, used like communication language but have completely new concepts require translators have knowledge about it Thirdly, by personal experience, the researcher gives out some suggested solutions to readers who pay attention to translation skill and this field These mentioned above are main aims of this study Scopes of the study In general, procurement is one of the economic activities, includes of many periods and types and relates to other fields like financial and banking, technique Thus, procurement terms are also various and complex However, all this terms cannot be presented here because of limited time and knowledge, the graduation paper focus on words or phrases which are often used in bidding documents, procurement guidelines under international standard in detail as follows: A general view of translation and translation of procurement terms 10 IV Translation of abbreviations by using a loan word Loan words have increased in the process of human working and studying and occupied a large amount of vocabulary to enrich the human language In the recent decays, Vietnamese language has added more new loan words originating from English such as chat (nói chuyện), copy (sao chép), marketing (tiếp thị), menu (danh sách), list (danh sách), ect And in the procurement field, loan words are mainly the cases of abbreviation An abbreviation is a shortened form of a word or phrase Usually, but not always, it consists of a letter or group of letters taken from the word or phrase For example, the word abbreviation can itself be represented by the abbreviation “abbr” or “abbrev” Normally, name of organizations are written in form of abbreviations such as ATC Bank, WTO, ATECH, ASEAN, AMT, IT Abbreviations of this field are also classified into the most common types: acronyms and intialisms IV.1 Acronyms Acronym is a word formed from the initial parts (letters or syllables or arbitrary parts) of a name For instance, TOR is a new word created by abbreviating the initial letter of three words “Terms of Reference” which means “Điều khoản tham chiếu” This term is often met in the documents or guidelines of procurement E.g: “The first step in the engagement of a consultant is for the Bank and the Borrower to agree on the need to use a consultant, on the TOR for its services, on the type of consultant to be employed and on the approximate amount of funds required for the consulting services.” (Guidelines for the Employment of Consultants under JBIC ODA Loans: 11) (Bước việc tuyển dụng tư vấn Bên vay Ngân hàng phải thống nhu cầu sử dụng tư vấn, thống Điều khoản tham chiếu dịch vụ tư vấn, loại hình cơng ty tư vấn cần tuyển dụng dự kiến chi phí cần thiết cho dịch vụ tư vấn.) 43 The below table is usual acronyms of this field BOO Build, own, operate Xây dựng, sở hữu, vận hành BOT Build, operate, transfer Xây dựng, vận hành, chuyển giao BOOT Build, own, operate, transfer Xây dựng, sở hữu, vận LOI Letter of invitation Thư mời thầu MOS Monthly Operational Bản tổng kết hoạt động Summary PAD Project hành, chuyển giao hàng tháng Appraisal Văn đánh giá dự án Document PAs Procurement Agents Đơn vị thực đấu thấu QA Qualification assurance Bảo đảm chất lượng sản phẩm Table 16: Acronyms IV.2 Initialisms Initialism is a group of initial letters used as an abbreviation for a name or expression, each letter being pronounced separately For example: “RFP” (Request for Proposal), “QCE” (Quality-Control Engineering) Obviously, that is a useful way to simplify terms or make them to be shortened and avoid the redundancy The following attached reference table is illustrations about intialisms in order that readers can closely approach with this strategy: English Vietnamese CIF (Cost, insurance and freight) Giá nhập CQS (Selection Based on Consultants’ Tuyển chọn dựa lực 44 nhà tư vấn Qualifications) EPC Procuring Thiết kế, cung cấp vật tư thiết bị (Engineering Construction) xây lắp GCC (General conditions of contract) Điều kiện chung hợp đồng FBS (Selection under a Fixed Budget) Tuyển chọn tư vấn theo ngân khố cố định ICB (International Competitive Đấu thầu cạnh tranh quốc tế Bidding) IDA ( International Development Hội liên hiệp phát triển quốc tế Association) ITA (Instructions to applicants) Hướng dẫn nộp hồ sơ dự thầu ITB (Instructions to Bidders) Hướng dẫn dành cho Nhà thầu ITC (Instructions to Consultants) Hướng dẫn dành cho nhà tư vấn LCB (Local Competive Bidding) Đấu thầu cạnh tranh nước LCS (Least-cost section) Tuyển chọn tư vấn có chi phí thấp LIB (Limited International Bidding) Đấu thấu quốc tế hạn chế NCB (National Competitive Bidding) Đấu thầu cạnh tranh nước NGO (Nongovernment Organization) Tổ chức phi phủ OEM (Official equipment Nhà sản xuất thiết bị thức Manufacturer) O&M (Operation and Maintaince Hợp đồng vận hành bảo trì Contract) PDS (Prequalification Data Sheet) Bảng số liệu sơ tuyển PMU (Project management Unit) Ban quản lí dự án QP(Qualification Pay) Trả lương theo sản phẩm QBS (Quality-Based Selection) Tuyển chọn tư vấn sở chất lượng 45 QCE (Quality-Control Engineering) QADS (Quality-Assurance Kĩ thuật kiểm tra chất lượng Data Hệ thống liệu bảo đảm chất lượng System) QCBS (Quality and Cost Based Tuyển chọn tư vấn sở chất System) lượng chi phí QBS (Quality - Based Selection) Tuyển chọn tư vấn sở chất lượng SBDs (Standard Bidding Documents) Tài liệu đấu thầu chuẩn SCC (Special Conditions of Contract) Điều kiện cụ thể hợp đồng SSS (Single-Source Selection) Tuyển chọn tư vấn theo nguồn Table 17: Initialisms Most abbreviations that are used world-wide still remain in Vietnamese even they were translated into Vietnamese E.g: “The Bank requires that consultants, as well as Borrowers, under contracts funded with ODA Loans of the Bank and other Japanese ODA, observe the highest standard of ethics during the procurement and execution of such contracts.” (Guidelines for the Employment of Consultants under JBIC ODA Loans: 28) (Ngân hàng yêu cầu bên tư vấn, Bên vay theo hợp đồng Ngân hàng tài trợ vốn ODA vốn ODA khác Nhật Bản, phải tuân thủ chuẩn mực tối đa nguyên tắc đạo đức trình đấu thầu thực hợp đồng.) In the above example, “ODA” is abbreviated in both ST and TT If a repetitive term is in a text, using initialism of this term will more convenient and faster for translators However, it is not easy to distinguish what it is or what it means if the readers have not any knowledge of specific field In this case, ODA is the group of initial letter of compound word “Official Development Assistant” which is translated into Vietnamese as “hỗ trợ phát triển thức” 46 So, we realize that there are many abbreviations in this area However, due to the limited time, the researcher only focused on two main types of abbreviation with detail examples in the Table 16 and Table 17 To conclusion, within a frame of this paper, the researcher indicated some popular strategies applied to translate English procurement terms according to types of terms; including recognized translation, shift or transposition, reduction, expansion and using loan word The translators can gain the best result by using these methods flexibly and effectively 47 Chapter Implication I Some problems in translating procurement terms Misunderstandings This is common situation in translation Words in general English can carry different meanings and express new concepts in specific English It is a cause lead to misunderstandings in translation process Firstly, the translators often misunderstand the meaning of word between general English and specific English or among fields That is proved by following examples: The term Package is an example, means “gói hàng”, “kiện hàng” in communication language or “bao bì” in economic area and often presents in compound word “holiday package” which means “tua du lịch” in tourism field However in procurement field, it refers to “a part of a project, or in special cases the entire project; it may include procurement of similar items for different projects or one-time procurement quantity of items using recurrent expenditures.” (Procurement law) “Gói thầu” is closest equivalent in Vietnamese E.g: “The detail and complexity of these documents will vary with the size and nature of the proposed package and contract.” (Guidelines for procurement under JBIC ODA Loans:9) (Mức độ chi tiết phức tạp tài liệu thay đổi theo quy mô đặc điểm gói thầu hợp đồng đưa ra) Preference which is multi-meaning of word often refers to hobby, or like something rather than something in communication language For example: There is milk and cream Do you have a preference? - anh ? (Lac Viet dictionary) 48 However, this word is also understood as the favoring of one person or something and means “ưu tiên”, “ưu đãi” in Vietnamese In procurement field, “domestic preference” is translated as “ưu đãi nước” or “international preference” means “ưu đãi quốc tế” In general text, disbursement means “spend”, and convert into Vietnamese as “sự chi tiêu”, “sự dốc túi” But in Business English, it means “giải ngân” like below case: “The final payment shall be made within the disbursement period stipulated in the Loan Agreement.” (Guidelines for the Employment of Consultants under JBIC ODA Loans: 18) (Việc toán cuối tiến hành thời gian giải ngân quy định Hiệp định vốn vay) Secondly, in a certain field, a word can carry two or more than two meanings, thus it is a reason why translators often misunderstand the meanings of word even in a field For instance, the term “bid”, mentioned in chapter two, has three meanings “đấu thầu”, “dự thầu” or “hồ sơ dự thầu” in Vietnamese equivalent Using incorrect equivalent leads to misunderstanding in TL E.g: “Payment of the contract price shall be made in the currency or currencies in which the bid price is expressed in the bid of the successful bidder” (Guidelines for the Employment of Consultants under JBIC ODA Loans: 13) (Việc toán hợp đồng thực tiền tệ loại tiền tệ mà nhà thầu trúng thầu nêu giá dự thầu hồ sơ dự thầu) Surely, translators will have confusion how to use exactly and flexibly Vietnamese equivalent to avoid misunderstanding Which case will the term “bid” in this field, be translated as “hồ sơ mời thầu”? Which case does it mean like “procurement” or “the action of taking place to procurement activity”? The above example is a clear illustration Or the term “procurement”, besides the meaning “đấu thầu”, sometimes carries meaning “purchasing” (mua sắm) For example: 49 Procurement aspects: Khía cạnh mua sắm Procurement plan: Kế hoạch mua sắm Procurement method: Phương thức mua sắm The difficulties in translating some of terms Due to the limitation of knowledge about the specific field and the variety of both SL and TL, the translators surely have difficulties in the process of translating terms Many new terms with the completely new concepts which are produced during the working process such as off-take agreement (hợp đồng bao tiêu), singleenvelope bidding (phương thức đấu thầu túi hồ sơ), two-stage bidding (phương thức đấu thầu hai giai đoạn), etc Some of terms have not listed in dictionary yet The cases adding affixes are examples: Misprocurement (đấu thầu sai quy định), prequalification (sơ tuyển), postqualification (hậu tuyển) and so on Many compound terms and phrases mentioned in the chapter two are easily translated and guessed the meanings basing on the meaning of each word and shift translation procedure For example, the term “consulting service” is understood “dịch vụ tư vấn” by analyzing the meaning of the words “consulting” and “service”, or the term “ turnkey contract” (hợp đồng chìa khóa trao tay) formed the words “turnkey” and “contract”, we can easily translate it by looking up the new words in dictionary On the contrary, there are a lot of compound terms or phrases of which we can translate individual words; however it is difficult to guess the meaning of whole term or focus on a word or compound word in Vietnamese equivalent Applying word-for-word procedure can be a reason of misunderstanding and obstruction The below examples are evidences: “Regulation on procurement” (quy chế đấu thầu), “restrictive specifications” (các đặc tính kỹ thuật làm hạn chế tham dự thầu nhà thầu), “insufficient amount of security” (bảo đảm dự thầu không đủ giá trị theo yêu cầu hồ sơ mời thầu) 50 Abbreviation is also a difficulty for translators to understand what it stands for or what it symbolizes for If the translator has no knowledge about the matter, understanding the meaning of the term “EPC package”, for example, is not completely simple Moreover, they fail to find the convert meaning of word in dictionary if they are not equipped themselves about their experience and knowledge about the translation matter II Some suggestions in translating procurement terms Some steps to translate procurement terms The most difficulty to translate ESP is terminology which is often translated practically and exactly in requirement Generally, a best translation should be performed some steps as following: Firstly, the translators should try to understand the new term in the whole content and intention of the text which he is translating The principal way to reach it is reading all the sentences or the text completely to give the idea that we want to say in the target language because the most important characteristic of this technique is translating the message as clearly and naturally as possible By this way, translators can guess the meaning of word in the detail content Moreover, it is necessary to look up new word by dictionary Most of terms are created from original word in general English E.g: “The contract is to be awarded to the bidder whose bid has been determined to be the lowest evaluated bid and who meets the appropriate standards of capability and financial resources.” (Guidelines for procurement under JBIC ODA Loans: 20) The content of SL is converted into Vietnamese with the message: “Hợp đồng trao cho người dự thầu có hồ sơ dự thầu xác định có giá dự thầu thấp đáp ứng tiêu chuẩn thich hợp khả lực tài chính.” 51 Secondly, the translators should search the knowledge about the translation matter in order to, at least, understand the concept of the terms and use them correctly, and decrease all the difficulties stated above By doing this, translators can choose the best equivalent from English into Vietnamese and avoid the misunderstanding E.g: “Subcontractors‟ experience and resources may be considered, however, when they perform essential work under the supervision of the main contractors.” (Guidelines for procurement under JBIC ODA Loans: 21) (Kinh nghiệm lực Nhà thầu phụ xem xét, nhiên, nhà thầu phụ thực công việc giám sát nhà thầu chính) In this example, Subcontractor is understood as “a bidder who performs part of a procurement package under an agreement or contract signed with a principal bidder A subcontractor is not responsible for participating in the procurement.” (Quoted in Procurement Law) After understanding about term in SL, translators find a right equivalent in TL “Nhà thầu phụ” is the most appropriate equivalent in this case So, at this requirement, the translators must have a deep knowledge of both languages which he/she is translating for getting the equivalent in the target language, because the deficiency of the knowledge of both languages will result in a translation without logic and sense Thirdly, the translators should avoid the tendency to translate word by word, because that will destroy the meaning of the original word and ruin the beauty of the expression Basically, most of terms are translated by using general word However, sometimes, it is necessary to translate an English word by a long phrase or even a whole sentence to help readers understand For instance, “tax return” (bản khai thu nhập cá nhân dùng để tính tiền thuế phải đóng), “arbitration” (giải tranh chấp hai bên trọng tài hai bên lựa chọn) Or the term “Joint venture” in the sentence: “The formation of a joint venture after prequalification, and any change in a prequalified joint venture, will be subject to the written approval of the 52 Borrower prior to the deadline for submission of bids.” (Guidelines for procurement under JBIC ODA Loans: 24) (Việc hình thành liên doanh nhà thầu sau sơ tuyển thay đổi liên doanh đạt sơ tuyển cần phê duyệt văn Bên vay trước hạn nộp hồ sơ dự thầu) The term should be translated by expansion strategy as “liên doanh nhà thầu” On the contrary, translators should apply the reduction procedure to translate complex phrases in order to avoid redundancy like examples: “Provision of solicitation documents” (điều khoản hồ sơ mời thầu) or “Application for Prequalification” (đơn xin sơ tuyển), the prepositions “of”, “for” were reduced Normally, prepositions are often reduced in complex phrases In the case of words with affixes, the most important step is to understand the meaning of those affixes, and then we can easily get the meaning of whole words For instance, the prefix “mis” has the meaning of “wrongly”, thus “misprocurement” means “đấu thầu sai quy định” The term “borrower” means “bên vay”, and “subborrower” means “người vay phụ” as adding the prefix “sub” Suggestion in translating abbreviations There are many typical abbreviations in this field as presented in the previous chapter In order to translate them in an easier way, the researcher suggests two main steps as following: First of all, translators have to find the right full form of abbreviation Hence, reading the guideline books for procurement or advertisement articles of procurement is a good way to gain the common knowledge about translation matter and familiarise with abbreviations in this area That is basic to attempting to guess the full form of abbreviation because normally, the case of abbreviations in this field is initialisms For instance, a person who has knowledge about this theme immediately understands “EPC package” means the package related to engineering, procuring and construction Or the full form of 53 “ICB” (International competitive bidding) is other example However, translators can search abbreviations in some popular websites such as acronymfinder.com to find full form of them That is a fastest, convenient and effective way Secondly, most of abbreviations are translated by automatic shift method So after finding the full form of them, it is necessary to apply this strategy to translate them E.g: “The BANK deems it appropriate that such procurement be affected through Local Competitive Bidding (LCB)…” (Guidelines for procurement under JBIC ODA Loans: 2) (Ngân hàng cho điều thích hợp đấu thầu ảnh hưởng đến việc đấu thầu cạnh tranh nước…) By the personal experience, the researcher points out some suggestions to help translators deal with difficulties in the translation process of procurement terms in a simple way 54 Part III – CONCLUSION Nowadays, using English fluently has become a common situation and gradually obligate in offices The important role of English is illustrated in every field of human life such as economy, science, and politics, medical, etc Therefore, translation of English terms for specific purposes plays a crucial role, especially Business English This graduation paper which is divided into three parts is presented from overview about translation theory to practice in detail The theoretical background stated from broad to narrow in the chapter one provides the basic knowledge of translation, ESP and procurement terms The most important chapter of this study presents some popular strategies in order to translate procurement terms as mentioned in the chapter two Some difficulties rose in the translation process and some suggestions for readers to translate in the easy way are mentioned in chapter three The final part is conclusion which states overview of the whole study Due to the limitation of time and knowledge, there are certainly weaknesses in this graduation paper The researcher hopes that all the weaknesses would receive thoughtful consideration and generous view English in procurement field has not been received much attention of readers This study gained from the personal experience is not adequate and rather simple so the researcher hopes that further studies on this field are 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Compound adjectives 31 Table 13: Examples about Rank-shift translation strategy 32 Table 14: Examples about Reduction translation strategy 33 Table 15: Examples about Expansion translation strategy